Harold J. Laski: “Somewhere, sometime, I have to halt and say, “This man’s report, or…”

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Somewhere, sometime, I have to halt and say, “This man’s report, or this paper’s account, is a thing I can trust.

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Harold J. Laski

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Harold J. Laski: “Somewhere, sometime, I have to halt and say, “This man’s report, or this paper’s account, is a thing I can trust.”